Tianjin Travel and Tours Guide

To the east of Tianjin is the Bohai Sea and
not far to the west is Beijing. It covers an area of 11,300 square kilometers
and there are 13 districts and five counties under its jurisdiction.
The total population is 9.52 million.

Tianjin is one of the four municipal cities under the jurisdiction
of the Chinese central government and is the largest industrial and
port in north China.

Tianjin became a city
centered on trade with docks and land transportation and important coastal
defenses during the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the end of the Second
Opium War in 1860, Tianjin became a trading port and nine countries,
one after the other, established concessions in the city. Historical
changes in past 600 years have made Tianjin an unique city with a mixture
of ancient and modem in both Chinese and Western styles. After China
implemented its reforms and open policies, Tianjin became one of the
first coastal cities to open to the outside world. Since then it has
developed rapidly and become a bright pearl by the Bohai Sea.

Tianjin has a variety of places to interest tourists . In the city
itself is the the beautiful Haihe River area, Tianjin Broadcasting and
Television Tower, the wellknown Ancient Cultural Street, Food Street,
the Memorial Hall of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, the Memorial Hall
of the Beiping (Beijing)-Tianjin Campaign, Tianjin Science and Technology
Museum and the Museums of Nature, History, Art, Opera and Folk Customs.
In Tanggu there is the Seaside Villa famous for its thermal springs
and the world renowned Dagu Fort. In Jixian County there is the Huangya
Pass of the Great Wall, a section famous for its wonderful scenery.
Jixian County also contains the state tourist area of Panshan Mountain
and Dule Monastery. In Xiqing District, on the city's outskirts, there
is Shi house, the former home and tomb of Huo Yuanjia, the well-known
patriot and first ancestor of martial arts.

Tianjin is well situated for travel by land, sea or air and has become
an international tourist destination and a base in north China for chartered
tourist planes. For travelers interested in commerce, study or tours
centered on such things as preventative medicine or folk customs Tianjin
has many advantages.

It now only takes one hour to travel by car from Tianjin to Beijing
on the new Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway, a golden tourist corridor.